Meet the world’s animals.

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• Small-toothed Sportive Lemur Lepilemur microdon

  

  The small-toothed sportive lemur lives in rainforests of southeastern Madagascar. It mainly eats leaves, and also uses flowers and fruit when available.

• Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus

  

  The Scaly-throated Honeyguide has fine streaks on its throat and feeds in forests and dense woodland on beeswax, bees, and other insects.

• Eastern gorilla Gorilla beringei

  

  A large ape with black fur that travels through forests in groups.

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

  

  The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a ground-dwelling bird of open grasslands from India to East Asia. It eats both plant matter and small animals.

• Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis

  

  This loris is active in trees at night. Its coat ranges from pale to strongly reddish, and its diet includes nectar and plant exudates.

• Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi

  

  The Okarito Brown Kiwi is a nocturnal kiwi of lowland forest on New Zealand's South Island. It has pale grey-brown, streaked feathers and a long bill.

• Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus beddomei

  Beddome's woolly horseshoe bat is known from South Asia, and a 2010 paper added a specimen from Thailand. The Thai record is a single animal and may not represent the usual population there.

• Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus

  The Madagascar Sandgrouse feeds on seeds on dry open ground. Groups may fly to water, and males carry water to chicks in their soaked belly feathers.

• Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus

  A South American canid with a reddish coat, very long slender legs and large ears.

• Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens

  The Plumbeous Ibis is a grey ibis with a long, curved bill. In Argentina it uses wetlands with trees and nests in trees.

• Brazilian Guinea Pig Cavia aperea

  The Brazilian guinea pig is a wild guinea-pig relative of South American grasslands and savannas. It feeds mainly on plants and moves under cover in dense vegetation.

• Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum

  The Nocturnal Curassow lives in lowland forest of upper and middle Amazonia. Despite its name, it searches for food on the ground by day and is also active around dawn and dusk.

• Davis Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus robustus

  This rabbit lives in isolated mountain ranges of western Texas and nearby areas. Dense brush and rocky crevices provide cover.

• Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii

  This Cuban owl has large dark eyes and pale eyebrows. It hunts at night and rests in tree cavities or caves during the day.

• Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata

  A mole of eastern North American wetlands and watersides that searches for prey with its star-shaped nose.

• Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina

  This waterbird has a long, upturned black bill. It is seen in pairs or small groups at lakes and streams in the Andes at 3,000–4,000 m.

• Griffin's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros griffini

  This bat was described from Vietnam. The original paper reports captures on Cat Ba Island in the north and at Chu Mom Ray in the Central Highlands, in forests of different condition.

• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

  In Japan, this shrike arrives as a summer visitor in areas north of central Honshu and also occurs in shrubby grassland.

• African White-bellied Pangolin Phataginus tricuspis

  The African white-bellied pangolin is a tree-climbing pangolin of Central African rainforests. It feeds on ants and termites.

• Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris

  This flycatcher ranges broadly across South America and uses forest habitat. Three wing bars can help distinguish it from the similar White-crested Elaenia.

• Amboro Silky Anteater Cyclopes catellus

  This anteater has yellow-brown fur with more yellowish legs and tail. It is solitary and active in trees at night, and has been observed feeding in vine tangles. Confirmed records are limited to central Bolivia.

• Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi

  The Christmas Frigatebird is a large seabird that breeds on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. During the breeding season, the male inflates a red throat pouch.

• Coppery Ring-tailed Possum Pseudochirops cupreus

  The coppery ring-tailed possum lives in forests and scrub of interior New Guinea. It climbs and is active at night, feeding on leaves and other plant parts.

• White-crowned Shama Copsychus stricklandii

  It occurs in northeastern Borneo and uses forests with undergrowth. It is known for loud, beautiful songs and for mimicking other birds and sounds.